Franklin Graham Warns of 'All-Out Socialism' If Americans Don't Vote and Pray in November

Socialism is dangerous

especially the kind of socialism where everyone puts what they can afford into a collection plate, in which the proceeds allegedly go to the needy, while the administrators of those funds are usually wealthy beyond imagination and happily serve those in word and deed that protect and perpetuate their tax exempt status.

Graham's net worth is $10 million. He earned it working really really hard taking money from the gullible. 

he's going to make a thread sized meat noodle 100 miles long after he passes thru the eye of that needle...

He should have been a politician then.

Graham is right.  Americans have a lot to lose if the election in November goes wrong.  We should all pray for our country ...

Wow - I couldn't agree more.

Sad that the apple rolled so far from the tree with Franklin.

I like this definition of Socialism :

Socialism is taxpayer funds being used collectively to benefit society as a whole, despite income, contribution, or ability.

Yep - sounds a lot like Marx - from each according to his ability to each according to his needs.

Ask Americans is they think socialism is a good idea - most will probably say  - no.

Ask Americans if they like, fire departments, free public libraries (sure a check out card costs you a few bucks but you can sit in air conditioning and read all day for free), highways and roads that are not "toll" roads, postal service where you spend 50 cents to mail a letter rather than $8.50, 72% subsidized health care for Congress, VA Heath Care, Social Security, Medicare, FEMA (trust me - when it's working it's great), street lights, public parks (city) ...

Yes - Virginia - that's not Santa Claus - that's the socialism we already have.

Franklin should know - it's like the early church -

Act 2:44-45

All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.

You should read the article from which you got your posted definition of socialism.   The author is claiming everything 'good' is socialism.   It is a ridiculous piece.

Amazing to me that people still go on and on about how some want to turn us into an evil socialist country.

It's not going to happen.

As many times as you try to explain socialism to some people (not pointing to Adam) they still cling to their idea of what it is.

(Yes, not pointing to Adam)

There is so much crap passed about in the USA about socialism;  it is amazing watching people simply repeat slogans and mantras without taking a moment to try to understand what they are talking about.   For example, some people think that our military, the post office, etc. is socialism.       Stubborn ignorance.

Even the most basic notion that socialism is the opposite of capitalism;  that a system based on a capitalist economy cannot, by definition, be socialism escapes (it seems) most everyone.   Public services is NOT a defining characteristic of socialism.

I don't worry about socialism ...

Nor should you.   Socialism (democratic, decentralized control over the resources of the economy) will not exist in the USA during our lifetimes (if ever).

... it is the outright theft by taxation both income tax and inheritance tax if the leftist get total control  it will happen.

You described statism coupled with redistribution of wealth.   You have good reason to worry about this.   This is where our socio-political/economic system is heading.   This is where our culture is heading.   When people call this 'socialism' they lose precision in language.   They have now used a term that is so overloaded with meaning that it means almost nothing.   It is best to fight specifics (e.g. being against expanding the redistribution of wealth already in effect in the USA) rather than fight an amorphous blob labeled 'socialism'.

That is a meaningless statement given you have not defined what you mean by 'socialism'.   Do you know what you mean?

Your inability to provide even a basic definition for socialism shows you have no idea what you are talking about.  

I suspect he knew what he was talking about.  

But if he were here and claimed:  "There is nothing good about socialism." I would ask him to define what he means by 'socialism'.

My bet is that he would have been able to give a straight answer since it is quite possible to give a clear definition of socialism.  That is, if one knows what one is talking about.

Again when you use 'socialism' without offering what you mean by the term, your entire comment is meaningless.

Graham is using the socialism scare card because he knows his salary should be considered income like everyone else's and taxed accordingly.  Graham and the rest of the 'religious grifters' abhor helping to support the nation, it's veterans, it's people and it's national cemetery for the fallen. 

Graham and the others like him have turned christianity into yet another American hoax. 

What is with conservatives fixation on socialism as evil? Police & Fire departments, public roads, bridges & tunnels, Social Security & Medicare, the military, the postal service, garbage collection, the FBI & CIA, libraries, and a hundred other things are socialism. Social Security & Medicare changed the descent into poverty & disease that used to accompany getting old for the majority of Americans into a decent retirement.

Jesus said to help the poor, the sick, the hungry, & the homeless, or face dire consequences. Conservatives are constantly reducing, and would love to eliminate, the socialist programs TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, and housing assistance which greatly alleviate the poor's suffering. In the early 1900s, 53% of Americans were subsistence living, 1/3 of city dwellers were starving. The poor are much better off now, thanks to socialism.

The GI Bill was one of the biggest pieces of socialism ever. It pretty much created the middle class that conservatives love to reminisce about.

My point is the Graham is not in *any* sense a follower of the teachings of Jesus. He supports a party that, at every turn, undoes, or works to undo any of the polices that support the path provided by Jesus. The Golden Rule appears in at least the Gospels of Luke & Matthew. Yet conservatives, through bigoted laws & executive orders, promote discrimination against Muslims, immigrants, and LGBT people. Franklin Graham is nothing like his father, Franklin is simply an opportunist taking advantage of his father's good works.

hat is with conservatives fixation on socialism as evil? Police & Fire departments, public roads, bridges & tunnels, Social Security & Medicare, the military, the postal service, garbage collection, the FBI & CIA, libraries, and a hundred other things are socialism

No, they aren't. All government action is not "socialism". If you define that as socialism, than every government in the history of the world was "socialist."

Police & Fire departments, public roads, bridges & tunnels, Social Security & Medicare, the military, the postal service, garbage collection, the FBI & CIA, libraries, and a hundred other things are socialism.

those are called social services and public works, just because the word social is used here and there does not make it socialism.

socialism is an economic system that has proven time and again it does not work long term.

meanwhile, capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system on earth.   that probably explains why people from socialists countries want to move to the usa and why not many capitalists are moving to venezuela.

the bottom line is simple... the usa will never become a socialist nation.

those are called social services and public works, just because the word social is used here and there does not make it socialism.

Correct.